CONTACT:1609

The exhibit will run June 18, 2009  –

January 10, 2010

Timed to complement the international celebrations
of the quadricentennial of Henry Hudson's year of
entry to New York Harbor (September 11, 1609)
CONTACT:1609 presents the work of seven
contemporary artists as they interpret this early
encounter between the Native American peoples
and the Europeans. Starting with that fateful encounter
the clock started ticking for the Lenape culture, and
began an era known by archeologists as the “Contact Period.”

Participating artists include: Bedel Tiscareno (Painter/Sculptor), Gabri Christa (Film Director, Dancer and Choreographer), Nadema Agard (Director of Red Earth Studio Consulting/Productions), Linda Blanchette (Pyrographic Artisan, Ebon Arts), Kristi Pfister (Painter, Muralist and Mosaic Artist), Yvonne Simons (Painter, Executive Director at The Anne Frank Center, USA) and Courtney M. Leonard (Artist/Potter).